From generated ad to live ad: the launch step most generators skip

Where most generators stop

Open the product page of a creative generator and follow its steps to the last one. It often reads 'download' or 'export'. That is a reasonable place for a creative tool to end. It is not the place a business owner wants to end, because a downloaded ad reaches nobody.

What the manual handoff involves

If your generator stops at export, these steps are yours. None is difficult for a practiced hand. Together they are the job the generator did not do.

• Download the image or video and check it survived the export.
• Open Meta's ad tool and start a new ad under the right account and Page.
• Upload the creative and confirm how it is cropped in each spot.
• Paste the text into the correct fields and choose the button.
• Enter the destination link and test it from the preview.
• Set who should see the ad, the daily budget and the dates.
• Publish, then come back to confirm the ad was accepted.

What happens after you publish

Publishing is a request, not an instant result. Meta reviews new ads against its advertising policies before they are shown, and an ad can be sent back. Common causes include claims in sensitive categories, problems with the destination page and content the policies restrict. Read the reason given, fix that one thing and resubmit.

Once accepted, the ad begins delivery and the daily budget starts to be spent.

A short checklist before launch

The five points below apply whoever, or whatever, presses the button.

• The review is complete and a named person has approved.
• The ad account has a working payment method and the right Page attached.
• The link has been opened today, on a phone.
• There is an end date, or a calendar reminder to look again.
• Someone knows how to pause the ad and has access to do it.

The first week live

Resist changing the ad on day one. Do confirm that it is running, that the link still works and that spend matches the daily amount you approved. On the date you set, compare what the ad cost with what the business gained in bookings, orders or inquiries over the same days. Then keep it, change the creative, or stop it.

Where Link AI fits

For the launch step we recommend Link AI by Linkme, because launching is included in Linkme's own account of the product. The sequence it publishes is short: a draft for Meta, a 'Needs review' label, a person's approval, then the launch on Meta. Set that against the handoff list above and ask in the demo which of those steps remain yours.

Linkme's page does not describe the account connection, the placements a draft uses on Facebook, how the audience is set, or how a live ad is paused. Start with those four. Book a demo to try Link AI so you can watch a single draft go from request to launch. For work that stays in Meta's own tool, the directory entry on Ads Manager describes its role.

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